Senior Distributed Systems Engineer — Low-Latency Microservices

barclays; United States; Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k)

Life Insurance

Paid Leave

Job summary

Barclays Services LLC seeks a Senior Distributed Systems Engineer in Whippany, NJ to design, develop and optimize software for low-latency decisioning using Java/Spring Boot. You will work in a hybrid role, building scalable microservices and data-driven solutions that align with business objectives.

The role emphasizes secure coding, observability, and collaboration across cross-functional teams. Salary ranges from $166,000 to $175,000 per year, plus a comprehensive benefits package.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement RESTful microservices in Java/Spring Boot, containerized for scale with observability.
• Build rule-based decisioning engines to automate processes and integrate with platforms.
• Develop features from data for fraud models using advanced data techniques.
• Deliver containerized/serverless workloads on AWS with cost/perf resilience.
• Create resiliency patterns, implement monitoring/alerting, follow secure coding (SCA/SAST).
• Automate builds/deployments (Maven, Jenkins, GitLab CI); maintain runbooks in Jira/Confluence.
• Develop in Java/J2EE for robust enterprise apps.
• Use Spring/Spring Boot to deliver web and batch apps.
• Develop event-driven solutions using Apache Kafka for real-time data.
• Decompose functionality into microservices for maintainability.
• Manage code with Maven/Jenkins/GitLab/Bitbucket for cloud deployment.
• Use JIRA, Confluence, SonarQube for lifecycle and project management.
• Hybrid work arrangement; may telecommute.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

RESTful microservices

Kafka

CI/CD

Tools

Maven

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Git

Bitbucket

Jira

Confluence

SonarQube

Veracode

Job description

Barclays Services LLC seeks a Senior Distributed Systems Engineer in Whippany, NJ to design, develop and optimize software for low-latency decisioning using Java/Spring Boot. You will work in a hybrid role, building scalable microservices and data-driven solutions that align with business objectives.

The role emphasizes secure coding, observability, and collaboration across cross-functional teams. Salary ranges from $166,000 to $175,000 per year, plus a comprehensive benefits package.